The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-02-23

>. VS.
Senator L. ". Youmans, OF 8.rrweli,
has written letter TO the News ana
Courier, defending the action G Tie
State Senate on different matters con-
sidered at the recent session. At5cr re
viewing the articles OF the se5er;il critics
who have published their viewS = Inc
newspapers, Senator Iouula,,s says:
In resume Of this chapter o; iai i
finding We note three specific complaints
against the Senate: The erAaScu3a2on Of
the bill providing for experimental sS,:-
tions: the rejection OF the resolution
providing fora traveLn2 ccI12litiee to
Investigate the mod;;S opcra;lt,; % s;2Ii-
cultural colleges IL ether States; the
postponemant OF tie biii 20 rrcig,,%-:21::l.
the department of agr;cultc.e. | i3st,
the bill to provide for experimental st.;-
tions was manned il the House a:!J its
original design frustrated by 81 amend
ment providing for two stations instead
of one, IS at first intended. The lntea-
tion Of the fralne- OF this bill Ias to have
it follow in its passage the =, 70 reor-
ganize the department o. aS21cu!ture,
and that the $4,000 appropriated DE eS-
pended under the auspices Of q ne7T
board OF agriculture upon cne station,
with the view OF making it 6 basis for
the ultimate establishment of al agrlcIl-
tural and mechanical college. The bill
to reorganize the department Of asrlcUl-
ture having bean postponed: by the Sen
ate, and the amendment to tbs OIL
having been adopted by tie Eouse con-
trary to the expectation OF Is author,
thus shorn Of that symmetry OF It's sur
roundings, crldely amended N the
hurry OF of Legislation. was seat TO TIE
Senate, homogeneous N shape and lncor-
rect even in Its plraseo:oey. III the
Senate proposed to do except TO strike
out the provisions for the travelling COM
mittee, which, I viii state en passant,
was an amendment proposed by a
Charleston lawyer, and not contemplated
ID the original bi4l, and WHICH amend
ment on the part of the Senate was after
wards accepted by the House, was to
make the bill conform 10 its altered sur
roundings-the attempts to effect which
I think were afterwards improved upon
by committee Of conference With the
approval Of the Senate.
Second. Also the rejection b: the
Senate Of Representative BraE:eys reso-
luton providing for 4 travelling commit
tee to investigate the practical operations
OF agricultural colleges in otGer States,
the Senate hsd already passed 3 bill the
provisions of which Instructed the board
of agriculture to take into careful con-
sideration the plans, specifications, cost,
&C., OF the erection of al agricultural!
college, and did not see the propriesII: OF
passing this resolution, appointing, N
addition to what It had already dc2e, 3
committee to further investigate, WITH
out any limit as to wilat this ,4vest;G&-
ton was to cost. Indeed, 50 ar as The
provisions Of this resolution We're con-
cerned, the committee thus appointed
could have travelled the whole year until
the next session and have expended many
thousands Of dollars.
Third. OF the three complaints, the
dissatisfaction OF Captain IIilman and
his allies has been manifested most
plainly, perhaps, towards the postpone
ment BY tie Senate OF the b(ll TO rcor-
ganize the department OF agriculture, the
passage of which, says DR.. finilal, woald
make the Farmers movement" one OF
the departments Of the STATE Govern
ment.
Shortly after the Introduction OF this
bill into the House, and some time be-
fore it reached its second reading, IS s
planter and chairman Of tie Senate COM
mittee on agriculture ! approached Or.
Tindal, the author Of the bill, to ascer-
tain what was sought to be accomplished
bv if. When informed that the object
was to increase the board of agriculture
and to popularize it by bringing It closer
to the people, proposed, ii ne would
modify the bill so as to increase the
board BY the election at the then present
session of the Legislature OF an addi-
tional member from each Of tie five IN
represented Congressional districts and
the election of five more at the next
session, when the terms OF the present
board would expire, and We could act
without any disrespect to tie present
board. I would unite with him to secure
the passage of the bill; bat [ positively
declined. after what l considered reck-
less and fallacious charges OF extraTa-
eance and incompetency repeatedly pre-
ferred against the present board and
commissioner of agriculture, to support
anv measure looking to their curt and
uncerenomous dismissal from office.
further proposed to DIR. Tindal, If it was
the real interest Of the farmers he was
seeking, to introduce joint resolution
instructing the State treasurer 20 refund
to the department OF agriculture al
moneys arising from the license tax,
which had been expended for general
State purposes, to be applied by the
board of agriculture for tie benefit OF
the farmers, upon experimental stations
soon became aware, however, that III
stead Of the advancement Of the real ID
terest of the farmers through theregulal
channels of legislation, the first and I'M
mediate object sought to be accomplish
ed BY the prime factors of this agitation
was. as DR.. Tindal has since so luci6!y
stated in his interview with q reporter Q.
the News ana Courier, published on thl
oath ult., to place the beard OF agricuS
ture at the head Of tie "}armers' move
nent," as Il IS called, to ac5 II ;ht
capacity of bureau for the organlZat:os
OF the farmers, upon . plan SO thorough
and complete as 10 commence, like II,
organization of the Democracy, viii
clubs. Imagine such 81 organizGJ;o.
perfected. Che department OF agricnl